Using Ning as a School Social Network
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Description
Harness the power of Social Networking in your class or school with a Ning network. Creating a Ning network for your students, class, school or district sparks cross-district and global friendship, sharing, collaboration, and learning. Come and learn how to set up a Ning, some tips & tricks for getting started, and ideas for use.
Date
Monday, February 22
Time
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Building
Convention Center
Room
Empire A

Presenter
Dianne Krause
Wissahickon School District




Notes:

EVERYTHING is HERE: http://moourl.com/petec2010
No need to take fast & furious notes. :)

Also see: http://moourl.com/ning

Ning has Google ads... price you pay for being free.
When using with students (13+ only), ads can be taken off with email.

Ning definition on Wikipedia

Can be synchronous and asynchronous -- includes live chatroom

We saw student profile pages in one teacher's Ning. His classes were not yet using Forums.
We saw the Wissahickon Ning (Guest password information is in Diane's Ning Prezie: http://diannekrause.wikispaces.com/ningpreso)